here she is...

this is ginger. she's mine, and i love her. i'll give you more a little later. she is a darling. cool, calm, and collected.

arf...

I GOT A FUCKING DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!

ahem..., sorry.

no but seriously, i've been looking for a while now trying to find the right one and, you know, have the CASH to afford a dog, and one dropped right into my lap. a neighbor couldn't keep his, so he gave her to me. she's a rad little pit bull named ginger, and she's awesome! she's a little older, like five years. she is super chill and gets along with my roomies and the dog we already have at the pad. i'll post a picture or 90 as soon as i can.

other than that i've been trying really hard to work my ass off, getting shifts at 3 different clubs. guh. its groovy, i need the money and love the work.

ooh! on a great note, my little brother got engaged! yup, ang is off the market  ladies, sorry. 

congratulations little brother, i love you. and the lucky gal who's gonna be stuck with you! mwah!

more as it happens.

new and improved!!!

i made myself an artsy fartsy blog. it'll have new art crap i'm worknig on. drawings, paintings, assaults... you know, the works! so go check it out, and keep an eye on it till i get my own actual website, real and whole. its over in the links there. right there, no, over THERE. you're right next to it... a little higher... higher,
HIGHER. there you go.

jeez, some people...

who wants to rock?

holy crap, that was a while ago...
just noticed it's been a couple months since my last post. oops. sorry.
well, life is getting on pretty well, i got lots of art going all over the damn place, and work has picked up so much i gotta fend off the misc. bosses trying to get me to work two venues on the same night. i'll work whichever goddam one i feel like! uh, yeah..., saw my favoritest live band in the known universe TWICE this week. they are Clutch, and they are AMAZING. one of the great things about them, and i can't be sure they do this all of the time, but they did it here in California, so who knows... is they played two nights in a row at the same club, and played two COMPLETELY different sets! that is quite awesome, i must say. the energy was great, they sounded good(the club they played has kind of a crappy sound system..) and all the songs i wanted them to play on night one, they played on night two.
shit. yeah.
can't stop the rock.
there are more great bands coming to town soon, and hopefully i won't have to take too many nights off to see them. i'm working all over the damn place, and i'm still broke. as a joke. really.
finally, concert season. i've been waiting. i miss it. i mean the shows i WANT to see, not the ones i HAVE to see. although English Beat are coming back, and that will be great.
uh, yeah, got a couple of commission pieces going. hoping to get more from those, and i am going to try to get a website for art and other crapola up within the next two months. got some loans to pay off, and then, internetting all over the friggen place.
there you go.
mwah.

learnin'...

well here i am back at school for another wonderful semester of working three jobs and taking up as much free time as i can watching movies and drawing doodles. got my art class i'm continuing, a film communications class, and a script/storyboarding class. guh. finally getting the multimedia stuff going, which is awesome.
work is finally picking up. mezz has more than three shows this month. good for my rent and bills. still working at the dna lounge off and on. and i'm back at the cafe for a bit. i need all the extra dinero i can get...
hhmmmm, other than that it looks pretty good. all my time is being taken up with arts and crafts. and a very rare out with the pals night. but that ain't gonna be happening much for a while. gotta buckle down.
smootches!

Feliz ano nuevo. May the

Feliz ano nuevo. May the best of your past be the worst of your future. Love ya!

choo choo...

well, just a couple short hours and i'll be on the train back to oakland. damn fun was had over and over all day long. i truly wish i could stay longer but alas, i gotta go. stuff to do, things to see, people to peep. you know, the regular drill.
for everybody in the bay area, i'll be seein' you soon enough, for the rest of you here in snowy minneapolis, i'll miss you dearly, and try to get back sooner next time.
i like it here. its cold, but sometimes that just makes it easier to stay in with the people you love.
you know, home.
alrighty, wish me luck and hope the train is on time...
oh yeah, happy yule, and happier new year.

well hello there...

yup, thats right, i'm is back in good old colder than a miners belt buckle minneapolis. hi, how are ya?
well, i just got into town this evening and i gotta tell you, it was pretty neat flying in, through the clouds, coming into view... SNOW. yup, haven't really seen snow in a while. weird...
well, as i just got here, i guess i'll leave it up to you kids to wait for the real fun i'm gonna have. see i got nothin' to write about yet, get it?
whatever.
see you soon.
mwah!

soon my pretties...

hey all. i'll be back in mpls for a few days this yule. or x-mas or whatever. anyway, i'm gonna be in town from december 18th till the 25th. obviously the close days to the holiday are full, but i seem to know a couple of days i'll have plenty of free time to run rampant in the snow with my nutty pals left in the area. sarah, ozel... i'm talking to you... one warning..., i am pretty broke, so its gonna have to be some simple crazy not expensive wacky stuff. you know, t.p.ing or something like that. what am i, 13?
uh, anyway, yes. that is the big deal lately. i'm coming back to the bay area by train, which'll take 3 days and a lot of reading material to get through, but hey, i love the trains. forced patience is the BEST!
hhmmmmm, what else..? ooh. i'm now working at another club on top of the one i've been at for the past 3 years. it's the DNA Lounge, and it is a pretty goddamn cool place to be. of course i'm doing more security there, but the crew is cool and the place gets some neat-o nights. security ain't what people seem to think it is. yes, there are fights, yes there are assholes, but then, that crap pretty much happens EVERYWHERE nowadays. most of my job doing security is making sure everything is running as smoothly as possible and that the customers are having fun.
still busting ass on art projects. lots of brush inking and painting lately. i'm almost out of school for this semester, but i've got plans for more work through all of my break. (and i'm sure, well into the next semester...)
the hanging went well. got lots of compliments but no real buys. (...yet.) 1500 people through the door. so thats a bonus. plus the promoters, who are a couple of the most awesome people on earth, are pretty demanding that i keep showing. which of course means i'm in for the next show they do. rad.
yeah. so other than that, crap is happening. hope you all have fantastic holiday, and i'll see you into the new year. of course, i'll be working...
what fun.

i'm hangin'...

well, i actually get to show off some of the crap i paint. i'm gonna be hanging art at a huge show in the club i work. the promoters are great, great folks and they gave me a little wall space to show off my wares. this saturday the first of december. i'm kinda freaking out, but at least i've got something to show. i'm gonna make some prints to sell and see what happens... at least the ball is rolling. i can make some better connections through this than just telling everybody i paint. and draw. and stuff...
so wish me luck and hope i sell out. i gotta make rent somehow, and all my free time has been painting and drawing.
art is pretty cool...
smootches.

call me sam...

well, i'm here in YOSEMITE,staying at the EVERGREEN LODGE and man is it great. spending lots of time with mom and dad. couldn't be better. i'll be back in the bay area on friday, and right back into the work week(end). went into YOSEMITE PARK today, and just tooled around, checking out HALF DOME and EL CAPITAN and other earth uprisings. saw some deer and squirrels, and generally had a fun time. i like it here. its peaceful. don't get me wrong, i love the city, pretty much any city, but its nice to get the hell out and sit somewhere QUIET. i'd like to come here with some good friends and just spend a couple days here.
yup, it's that friggen cool.
oh well, more whenever i friggen get to it.

back in black...

hiya! yeah, its been awhile, but what can i say... i don't have a friggen computer, thats what i can say.
back in school, which is, to say the least... rad. i'm continuing my art class, cause its goddam fun, and taking a screenwriting class. its all for the digital multimedia future i see mapping itself ahead of me.
uh, hit splitsville with the lady, which ain't no damn fun, but things happen every day. things like this. to people like me. uuhhh..., yeah, anyway.
still working at both jobby jobs, and lovin' it. got some good shows coming up soon. dinosaur jr. is playing at my club, which is pretty cool, even though i never cared one way or the other for em. i guess i'm getting tame in my old age, if it ain't rap, i like the show. even a bunch of the rap shoiws have been great, i just don't dig on the crowd. e. g. o. and lots of it. ah well, i am security, and i'm pretty much there to crap on someones drunken revelry. at least it pays well...
other than that, not much. ma and pa vesh are coming down for a visit, which i cannot wait for that!!!! i miss my family way too much, and since i live in california, which is a wonderful state, i can't afford planes, trains, or automobiles. i can barely make back and forth between oakland and san francisco. much less out of state.
well, anyway, aftersaid tirade i will be trying to get out to see those of ya i made deals with. gib. sarah. sharona.
miss you all and love you much!

zero to thirty in.., holy shit I'M THIRTY!!!

well, my buddy jesse has been in town for the last week, and it has been friggen great! man did i miss that guy. he is one of my best friends. always has been, always will be. that is just how it goes... he left today to go back to seattle, and then if we're really lucky down here he'll be back soon..., for good. the thought has been kicked around so you never know... heh heh. anywho, other than that, its been work work work, and a little bit of playtime. i'm gonna go see wayne "the train" hancock again this tuesday night, which is always great, and working my but off to pay for this last week. not only did we have pretty much no shows, but i got time of from the cafe to hang with jess. which is fantastic, but now i'm broke. ah screwit! who needs it, anyway...?
oh yeah, and i turned thirty saturday night. all you wonderful folks who texted and called me, i love you with all my heart.
smootches!

hello there...

well, i decided to go for a new look. so whattaya think? same great taste, just a different set of clothes.
uh, lets see, work is nuts, school is on summer break, and i'm going back at the end of august to my art class and a screen/stage writing class. that will be awesome. got some more ink, and will probably be getting even more next week. been watching a lot of venture brothers and samurai jack cartoons. they are so goddam amazing! i can't help swearing over it.
been listening to ween religiously lately. they're just so great! every single song is wonderful, like filling my ears and brain with cotton candy from another dimension. like a unicorn took a crap in my skull. and they have an e.p. coming out either this week or next week. goodly of them.
having a little bit of a reading freak out, trying to get through chuck palahniuks RANT, and johnathan hodgemans AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE, amongst about three other books. thats not including comics, graphic novels, or all the goddam movies i've seen lately... good god man. i'm a nut.
found a framed klimpt print in the trash the other day. gave it to amber cause she digs his artwork. i do too, but she is way more into it than i am. very weird to find it in the trash...
i'm gonna try to get at least two or three paintings done while i'm on summer break from school so that i can pretend i'm building a portfolio. no really, i am. seriously this time...

i'm smart....

well, i aced my math class. now given its a basic math class, i'm not all freaking out happy, but i am proud of myself. i wasn't sure if i was gonna. i knew i wasn't going to fail it, but i figured a c or b at best. well, there you go. lets see what happens in my art class.
school is hard. along with working two jobs, there just ain't that much time for homework, but dammit, its gotta be done. i was up till 3 am studying for this math test, and trying to finish my final project for art. guh. i'm is tired.
my buddy jesse is going to come down thisaway from seattle in early july, and he'll be here for his and my birthdays. awesome! i haven't seen that boy in a little while. it will be great.
i got to see a great band at my work last week. I AM SPOONBENDER. wonderful. just a really great show. bought too much of thier stuff, and love it all.
other crazy changes in life that will be confered to those who need to know.
smootches!

kurt fucking russell

grindhouse is fucking amazing. i'd apologize for all the fucking swearing, but if you don't fucking like it, you probably shouldn't see the fucking movie. shit it's good. so goddam wonderful. and kurt fucking russell! holy crapola he's great! pustulating zombie sickos exploding all over the goddam place. rose mcgowan with a big fuck-all machine gun stick to her legless stump. and yes, cars. yum.

so it goes...

my heart is broken.
in high school, i did a small voice job as the father of Harrison Bergeron. it was one of the most fun things i have ever done. being that it is, was, and probably always will be one of my favorite stories, i was very proud. well, the curtain has dropped on one of the greatest storytellers ever to grace us; Kurt Vonnegut Jr. i'm not exactly sure what he died of, but he was old and very sick. none-the-less, he will be missed by all of us, whether we know it or not. i'm gonna go get a copy of slaughterhouse-5 and reread it. and probably cry. a lot. on public transit. and then i will laugh. and get kicked of the bus. for being crazy.
and sad.

developments...

well, lets see. new stuff happening. still working at the nightclub and cafe'. both most awesome. i moved into a new place. its in west oakland, also known as the GHETTO. its a very cool garage/warehouse space. i have my own room, there is a kitchen, bathroom, shower, and we're getting laundry hooked up soon. its on this little side street called athens. its about a block long. i live just a hop skip and a jump from downtown oak, and i've got about four friends living within a block or two. its a very cool space, and i got lots of room for painting and homework. ooh, and basic cable. yeah..., i know, its the spawn of the devil, its the brain destroyer and all that stuff, but it has mythbusters, ghost hunters, and the discovery channel so piss off. i'm still learning crap from it.
saw a GREAT country/bluegrass musician, Wayne "The Train" Hancock. this guy is amazing. its as if hank williams was right there. powerful good stuff.
also saw Fu Manchu at slims a couple of weeks ago. they're great. they've made the same album over and over for the last ten years, so you know what you're getting at thier show. my pal jonny and i were yelling out kyuss songs just to see if anyone would notice... they didn't.
clutch is coming to town which, hell or high water, i'm going to see. i missed thier last three shows because i'm a GOON. only work at the club will deter me from seeing them. because it pays more.
i got a digital camera recently, so i'm gonna try to post some picks if i can figure it out soon.
other than that, school is going good and i'm feeling smarter every day.
transmission over.

ofelia

so... i went to see pans labyrinth the other night before work, and i gotta tell you, it put a whole new spin on my world. i see things a bit different lately. see the strange things waiting in the shadows for me to turn away. everything seems a bit more surreal. it is amazing. this is one of the best films i have seen in the last ten years. so wonderfully dark and poetic. very fairy tale creepy. awesome.
also, if you have netflix or a good rental place near you get "safe men" starring sam rockwell and steve zahn, holy crap is that movie funny. very cool. keep your eye on veal chop, thats all i got to say about that.
dom, out...

you want it all, and you can't have it...

well, i got my glasses and they are very neat-o. if i don't already have a picture of them up on my moblog to the right there, i will soon. very art hipster, but still gggrrrrrr! punk enough for me. i'm confident in my hipsterlessness.
school is going great, beginning my paper here soon. and the class is not boring. though, i do most of the talking in the class... huh, who'da thought.
work at both jobs is going well, got a little raise at the cafe, and the club has got some good shows lined up. speaking of the club, i have to tell you all, i met one of my musical heroes on friday night. and the really creepy thing is... amber met him a week before that. mike patton was walking through the oakland airport, which is odd right there since he lives in SF. blue being the giant girl dork equivilant to myself, was listening to peeping tom, his newest band on her headphones. call it fate, call it kismet, call fanaticism, she ran through probably four people to get to him and let him know she was listening to him AT THAT VERY MOMENT! awesome. fast forward a week, i am doing my job keeping the sheep in the corral, the sheep being the rich white suburban kids whose parents never told them "no", and keeping an eye on the ever growing group of people climbing onto the stage. normally we don't allow that, but the dj was dragging up all the "cute" girls, i.e. the drunk sluts, and thier boyfriends were following along. (baa, baa...) well, i made my way back to the stage door to help clear some of the "refuse" away, and as i'm standing there, the man himself walks up. i take my chance, being very cool, and not at all letting on that i am pissing myself at that very moment, and say "hey mike. my girlfriend saw you at the oakland airport." which got a confused look as a reply. i mentioned she ran through a group of people and said she was listening to him then, and he remembered, very nicely i might add, the event. we carried on some small talk for a few minutes and then i mentioned that dan the automator was on stage hanging out with the dj, and led him up. guh.
the best part of the night may have been when one of our sheep decided to slap the dj from the dance floor right in front of me, to which i calmly headlocked the dipshit and carried him out. as i was moving away from the stage i glanced back, hoping said dipshit wouldn't have any friends to accost me, when i noticed mike patton leaning over, watching me drag dumy off. heh.
good times.